And the first minute of my weekend too! For today’s post, I chose Cupcakes, one of the first skin brands that I became acquainted with as a noob. The brand has a new release at The Skin Fair 2013, Emmy, worth checking out.

Also, more good news. The Neva River sim is open again and is even prettier than it used to be, it’s perfect for SL photos. Plus, Valentina E. sent out a cute dress as a subscriber gift.

Also, Adore & Abhor has a set of holdable lambies and sheepies for FLF and for Zodiac, so if you like cute stuff, go and grab yours.

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It’s been a while since I wanted to do some tutorials for Gimp, because there are some things related to Sl photography editing that are not similar to Photoshop. Of course, Photoshop is more user-friendly and has more features, but if you can’t afford it or are a Windows hater (both cases apply for me), Gimp is the best alternative choice.

There are plenty of tutorials for Photoshop made by SL photographers, bloggers and creators, but rather few of them for Gimp. And I hear there’s a need for them (yes, Plurk knows it all!), so I’m going to make a series of tutorials for Gimp. If there’s something you want to know, please say it in the comments.

Also, please note that I’m not an expert in photo editing – or Gimp – and that everything I know is self taught or found in non-SL tutorials. So many of you may know even more than I do about Gimp, and I’d be happy to learn more!

Today we start with the basics, such as removing the nasty grid lines, cropping, pasting and sharpening. These steps are quite different in Gimp and I use them in (almost) every photo, so I think they may be useful to most Gimp users.

Here’s the two looks that I want to show you today. After the cut you will find the steps I took to get this photo:

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Quick post cause I’m in a hurry. So no close-up today. BUT there are some things you need to know.

ColdLogic revamped some of their best-sellers and released them this week. Until today at midnight they are availble 50% off. Also, there’s a 50% off storewide sale!

Vintage Fair ends today, 4.00 pm SLT. Take a walk there for a last-minute shopping spree. It may take a while before the new releases there are availble in the mainstores.

There’s a fundraiser on the Truth District called Archie Appeal. Archibald, the brave cat of Gos owner Gospel Voom, survived a bad car accident, but needs long term treatment. Lots of designers jumped to help funding the treatment, by donating one or more items and all products available at the Gos store on Truth District are 50% off. So please help as much as you can.

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News of a new release by ColdLogic makes me squee and want to log in NAO! As always, their mesh products are amazing and the new summerish dresses released this time are a must for every pixel fashionista.

Another reason to jump for joy is that I can finally take high res photos again. So you know those damn line in the photos? I LOVE THEM now! I missed them a lot. LOL. Anyway, I made two outfits for this post, because I missed a good editing session :D

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If nobody told you yet, hear this from me: green is the new black! From my side of the color scale, it always was! Of course, green is in these days (oh, Christmas tree!) so to be a bit out of the trend, I chose a mint shade for today’s look. It does count as green, though, and you do want to read this post because you get to find out about some good deals that you definitely don’t want to miss!

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I’m in front of a dream castle and I’m waiting for the prince in that white limo. No, I’m not, actually, the prince is playing WoW and I stole this gorgeous location from Cajsa and Gidge’s blog. That’s one of my sources for great sims for photos, so don’t forget to check It’s Only Fashion when you need a gorgeous location or a good tutorial :)